Gaviria first met Springfield when she was 12 and needed a bone transplant. Even after the cancer was gone, numerous procedures were required to try to repair the damage the cancer caused in the bones in her leg and hip. For every surgery over the past 30 years, no matter where she was living, she turned to Springfield for help.

“I have a great surgeon that really cared to get it right,” Gaviria says. “It’s a beautiful thing.”

Gaviria, who walks with a cane, is still at risk of losing her leg; the future will likely hold more surgeries. But with Springfield, she knows she is in good hands.